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Labor |
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14 February 1953 |
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West Perth |
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Electorates
- MLA West Perth 14 February 1953–31 March 1962 (electorate abolished in redistribution); Perth 31 March 1962–20 February 1965
- Contested Perth 20 February 1965
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees, 1956–1965
- Member, Select Committee on the Collie Club (Private) Bill, 1953
- Member, Select Committee and of the Hon Royal Commission inquiring into Restrictive Trade Practices and Legislation, 1956–1957
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Represented WA branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at 4th Australian Area Conference, Brisbane, 1957
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Personal Information |
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30 July 1920 |
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West Leederville, Western Australia |
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15 December 2010 |
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Duncraig, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of Cecil Farmer Heal, insurance representative and superintendent, and Ivy Florence Simmons |
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Married 26 March 1943, St Andrews Church, Perth (Presbyterian) to Gladys McInnerney, daughter of Ross David McInnerney and Jane Ann Morton
Children: three sons |
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Church of England |
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Educated various state schools, Claremont and Kalgoorlie High School
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Line foreman and real estate agent |
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Enlisted Royal Australian Navy Brigade, 10 March 1941
Able seaman on corvettes in Indian Ocean based on Colombo, Ceylon, and also Manus Island and attached to British Pacific fleet—HMAS Mercedes, 23 July 1942–2 May 1943; HMAS Dubbo, 8 January 1944–18 October 1944; HMAS Tamworth, 19 October 1944–18 September 1945
Discharged 19 December 1945
Telephone line foreman, Postmaster-General's Department
Worked for a time as a real estate salesman |
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Member, Postal Workers Union committee
Member, Licensing Court, 1971–1974
Member, Kings Park Board
Member, Police and Citizens Boys Clubs, Italian Club and Hellenic Society
Played football for West Perth 1939–1952, captain-coach 1947–1952 with premierships in 1949 and 1951
In 1941, played in winning grand final sides for Melbourne and for West Perth in Victoria and WA respectively, the only player to have achieved this feat in the same season
Captain-coach, state football team, Brisbane carnival 1950
Committee member, West Perth football club
Assisted with the selection of the ‘team of the century’ in the 1990s
Installed in Australian Football League Hall of Fame, 2010
Played golf regularly from 1970s until 2002
Also known as Pops |
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Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, p. 113.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Acccessed online 5 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=83f5dd1c-931d-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbf0 |
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West Australian, 16 February 1953.
Who's Who in Australia, (1955). |